UX Designer, Advisor

Job Description
As a UX Product Designer, Advisor you will be an integral part of an innovative and bold initiative that takes a modern approach of disciplined agile and lean software practices aimed at transforming healthcare and pharmacy. The UX Product Designer, Advisor is essential to ensuring product success and end-user satisfaction in a highly collaborative environment that follows the Extreme Programming (XP) methodology. The UX Product Designer, Advisor position is responsible for taking a user-centered approach to design in finding the right solution for users as part of small, cross-functional product teams. You will help educate both business and technology teams on the XP process and how the traditional UX role changes, as well as lead products from discovery through iterative delivery.
A firm understanding of user-centered design principles and user research methodologies is crucial for success in the role. Empathy, creative problem-solving, comfort with uncertainty, pairing with team members, excellent communication skills, curiosity and learning are the foundational characteristics of the UX Product Designer, Advisor. The position is located in the Buffalo Grove, IL office and candidates must be able to be in the office daily to work with their product team.
Additional responsibilities of the UX Product Designer, Advisor include:
? Solve the right problem through the understanding of user needs in order to deliver new or improved products and services that have real impact
? Bring a lean/iterative mindset; be open to having conversations over documentation
? Full-stack designer: assist with all dimensions of design research, usability evaluation, information architecture, wireframes, visual, CSS and HTML its ok not be an expert in all, as long as you are open and want to learn
? Work with cross-functional teams and pair with everyone other designers, product managers, and product engineers
? Embrace an agile mindset: be willing to adapt and experiment with design process
? Stay up-to-date on UX/UI design industry best practices and trends
Required Qualifications
5+ years professional experience as a UX Architect, UX Designer, or Product Designer role.
2+ years experience in at least one of the 3 design pillars: user research, interaction design or visual design.
1+ years of working effectively with Agile and lean philosophies
1+ years experience working independently with clients or stakeholder and designing business or enterprise applications
1+ years experience executing user-centered design methodologies by leading product design decisions from research through implementation
1+ years experience working in design and prototyping software tools such as Axure, InVision or Sketch
1+ year of experience with modern front-end technologies and open source frameworks (e.g. Material Design, HTML/CSS, grid systems, responsive design)
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with UX design advocacy within large business and technology organizations
Exceptional written, verbal, and visual
Experience presenting on design topics internally
Experience in the pharmacy and healthcare industries
Experience with cloud-based technology platforms
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Fine Arts, Computer Science or Similar. Equivalent years of experience in lieu of degree considered
Business Overview
Its a new day in health care.
Combining DM Health and Aetna was a transformative moment for our company and our industry, establishing DM Health as the nations premier health innovation company. Through our health services, insurance plans and community pharmacists, were pioneering a bold new approach to total health. As a DM Health colleague, youll be at the center of it all.
At DM Health, we work every day to help people on their path to better health. Never has it been more important for us to deliver on our purpose to our valued customers, patients, members, and employees. With a presence in communities across the country, DM Health colleagues are and will continue to be a critical piece of the countrys health care solution. The health and safety of our employees, patients, customers, and members is our top priority as we face the impact of COVID-19 together. If you would like to learn about the actions we are taking as a company as we learn more about COVID-19 and its spread, we encourage you to visit our COVID-19 resource center at https://DMhealth.com/covid-19
We offer a diverse work experience that empowers colleagues for career success. In addition to skill and experience, we also seek to attract and retain colleagues whose beliefs and behaviors are in alignment with our core values of collaboration, innovation, caring, integrity and accountability.
DM Health is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Gender/Ethnicity/Disability/Protected Veteran we highly value and are committed to all forms of diversity in the workplace. We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for DM Health job opportunities. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the following EEO is the Law Poster: EEO IS THE LAW and EEO IS THE LAW SUPPLEMENT. Please note that we only accept applications for employment via this site.
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